Rearing Calves to £420
B&W av £110.52 Cont av £385.62 Native av £282.5
What a trade but where were the calves. A bank holiday and a shed full of buyers meant a short sale but an electric trade. All of the 30 calves sailed well past the mark with John Marshall of Dacre having a flying trade with his two sweet british blue bulls at £400, however Stephen Marshall of West End topped overall with his Limousin bull at £420 and its mate at £400.
Natives were sold to a high of £345 for a Hereford bull from John Blackwell at Gargrave and a Hereford heifer to £300 from John Marshall of Dacre.
Black and whites were also electric and a heap more could have been sold with a sale average £110 and up to £180 for a strong Holstein Friesian from Wrights of Kirk Syke.
Calves wanted with seasonal buyers out in force at the minute.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £410) to £420 JC&DJ Marshall & Son
Brit Blue x (Av £395) to £400 x2 JC Marshall
Hereford X (Av £280) to £345 HJ&K Blackwell
Black & White (Av £110.25) to £180 RL Wright & Son
Heifer Calves
Hereford x (Av £285) to £300 JC Marshall
Ab Angus (Av £290) to £290 JC Marshall
Lim (Av £290) to £290 JC Marshall